By Leonard Klady Klady@moviecitynews.com
The Weekend Report
The debut of The Angry Birds Movie flew to the top of the weekend charts with an estimated $39.1 million. Other wide openers were Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising in third spot with $21.8 million and the 1970s-style neo-noir spoof The Nice Guys a step back at $11.1 million.
Best of the exclusive incomers were the black comedy doc Weiner with $81,900 and romantic comedy Maggie’s Plan grossing $65,300 – both playing on five screens. In the niches, Telugu Brahmotsavam bowed with a solid $584,000 for the weekend (Thursday showings generated a potent $590,000) while Hindi Kaptaam grossed $89,600 in limited release. Also off to a good start was the Filipino This Time with a $212,000 box office.
Momentum faded for expansions of The Meddler, The Man Who Knew Infinity and A Bigger Splash. But new dates for The Lobster evidenced no loss of interest for shellfish.
Weekend revenues generated close to $140 million for a slight 6% boost from seven days prior. It was nonetheless 11% off 2015 totals, when the launch of Tomorrowland grossed $33 million with the second weekend of Pitch Perfect 2 right behind at $30.8 million.
Despite the Victoria Day holiday in Canada, no weekend movies opened to anticipated potency. The Angry Birds Movie was expected to gross $43-$45 million and had an awareness off the charts. Expectations were ramped up by results from international openings a week earlier to an impressive $42 million. This weekend the overseas markets added an additional $55 million. On the domestic front the audience split evenly between the sexes with 60% aged 25-years and younger for the videogame fugitives.
Neighbors 2 also got a foreign headstart two weeks ago in selective markets and had about $24 million in its war chest prior to its domestic release. It was evident it would be less potent than its inspiration, but tracking suggested a gross of $25-$26 million. It also was relatively evenly split by gender with a 51/49 male/female split. Viewers were 39% over the age of 25-years old with 78% in the key corridor of 17-34.
Despite a long-lead promotional push,The Nice Guys wasn’t expected to gross more than $15 million. Upbeat reviews provided a boost for mature audiences and again resulted in a viewership evenly divided by gender. The 18-34 year old core accounted for 38% of viewers with an additional 43% trending older.
Weekend (estimates) May 20 – 22, 2016 | |||||
Title | Distributor | Gross (average) | % chng | Thtrs | Cume |
The Angry Birds Movie | Sony | 39.1 (9,950) | NEW | 3932 | 39.1 |
Captain America: Civil War | BV | 32.8 (7,750) | -55% | 4226 | 347 |
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising | Uni | 21.8 (6,430) | NEW | 3384 | 21.8 |
The Nice Guys | WB | 11.1 (3,880) | NEW | 2865 | 11.1 |
The Jungle Book | BV | 11.0 (3,170) | -36% | 3460 | 327.5 |
Money Monster | Sony | 6.9 (2,230) | -53% | 3104 | 26.9 |
The Darkness | High Top | 2.1 (1,200) | -57% | 1769 | 8.2 |
Zootopia | BV | 1.6 (1,180) | -42% | 1377 | 334.3 |
The Huntsman: Winter’s War | Uni | 1.2 (950) | -55% | 1246 | 46.7 |
Mother’s Day | Open Road | 1.1 (640) | -66% | 1719 | 31.3 |
Barbershop: The Next Cut | WB | .84 (1,130) | -49% | 744 | 52.7 |
The Meddler | Sony Classics | .77 (1,650) | 106% | 464 | 2 |
The Boss | Uni | .59 (880) | -51% | 672 | 62.2 |
Brahmotsavam | Classics | .58 (3,010) | NEW | 194 | 1.2 |
Love & Friendship | Roadside | .54 (11,490) | 304% | 47 | 0.75 |
Keanu | WB | ,52 (740) | -73% | 707 | 20 |
The Man Who Knew Infinity | IFC | ,51 (1,880) | 0% | 271 | 1.6 |
The Lobster | A24 | .40 (16,830) | 113% | 24 | 0.68 |
Sing Street | Weinstein | .34 (660) | -45% | 520 | 2.5 |
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 | Uni | .33 (910) | -32% | 365 | 59.5 |
A Bigger Splash | Searchlight | .34 (2,630) | 77% | 128 | 0.79 |
Batman v. Superman | WB | .32 (1,000) | -38% | 321 | 328.7 |
Miracles from Heaven | Sony | .24 (1,470) | 49% | 161 | 60.7 |
Ratchet & Clank | Focus | .22 (630) | -66% | 346 | 8.6 |
This Time | ABS | 21 (2,940) | NEW | 72 | 0.21 |
Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) | $133.05 | ||||
% Change (Last Year) | -11% | ||||
% Change (Last Week) | 6% | ||||
Also debuting/expanding | |||||
Eye in the Sky | Bleecker/eOne | .17 (840) | -55% | 198 | 18.2 |
Sarbjit | White Hill | .12 (1,250) | 98 | 0.12 | |
Hello, My Name is Doris | Roadside | .11 (730) | -55% | 155 | 14 |
Kaptaan | UTV | 89,600 (3,090) | 29 | 0.09 | |
Weiner | IFC | 81,900 (16,380) | 5 | 0.08 | |
Maggie’s Plan | Sony Classics | 65,300 (13,060) | 5 | 0.07 | |
A Hologram for the King | Roadside | 62,700 (450) | -73% | 138 | 4.1 |
Miles Ahead | Sony Classics | 43,800 (840) | -49% | 52 | 2.5 |
High-Rise | Magnolia | 42,500 (1,470) | -40% | 29 | 0.16 |
The Abolitionists | FletChet | 41,200 (2,170) | 19 | 0.01 | |
Ma Ma | Oscilloscope | 10,700 (10,700) | 1 | 0.01 | |
U-Turn | Drishyam | 10,200 (2,040) | 5 | 0.01 | |
Manhattan Night | Lionsgate | 8,800 (730) | 12 | 0.01 | |
Back in the Day | West Street | 7,100 (360) | 20 | 0.01 | |
Domestic Market Share (January 1 – May 19, 2016) | |||||
Distributor (releases) | Box Office | Market Share | |||
Buena Vista (7) | 1289.9 | 31.20% | |||
20th Century Fox (10) | 770.2 | 18.60% | |||
Warner Bros. (11) | 477.7 | 11.60% | |||
Universal (9) | 328.9 | 8.00% | |||
Paramount (8) | 316.1 | 7.70% | |||
Lionsgate (12) | 206.1 | 5.00% | |||
Sony (13) | 196.4 | 4.80% | |||
Focus (7) | 128.8 | 3.10% | |||
Open Road (4) | 67.5 | 1.60% | |||
Weinstein (7) | 53.7 | 1.30% | |||
STX (3) | 42.4 | 1.00% | |||
A24 (5) | 35.9 | 0.90% | |||
Bleecker Street (3) | 17.6 | 0.40% | |||
Sony Classics (7) | 17.6 | 0.40% | |||
Fox Searchlight (4) | 17.3 | 0.40% | |||
Other * (159) | 165.6 | 4.00% | |||
4131.7 | 100% | ||||
* none greater than 0.35% | |||||
Top Global Grossers (January 1 – May 19, 2016) | |||||
Title | Distributor | Box Office | |||
Captain America: Civil War | BV | 990,958,572 | |||
Zootopia | BV | 973,438,782 | |||
Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice | WB | 865,964,224 | |||
The Jungle Book | BV | 838,918,226 | |||
Deadpool | Fox | 762,971,444 | |||
Star Wars: The Force Awakens * | BV | 741,421,311 | |||
The Mermaid | Alibaba; Sony | 552,487,179 | |||
The Revenant | Fox | 530,738,598 | |||
Kung Fu Panda 3 | Fox; DreamWorks | 516,588,902 | |||
London Has Fallen | Focus; NuImage | 202,489,688 | |||
The Monkey King 2 | China Lion | 190,755,793 | |||
From Vegas to Macau III | Bona; Media Asia | 186,923,621 | |||
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip * | Fox | 165,099,630 | |||
Allegiant | Lionsgate | 161,304,055 | |||
The Huntsman: Winter’s War | Uni | 156,004,510 | |||
Daddy’s Home * | Par | 154,763,061 | |||
Ip Man 3 * | Pegasus; Well Go | 147,618,219 | |||
Gods of Egypt | Lionsgate | 143,037,743 | |||
The Hateful Eight * | Weinstein Co. | 140,625,840 | |||
Detective Chin Tang | Huaxia; China Lion | 128,546,903 | |||
* does not include 2015 box office |